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Shares of Apple fell $1.04 today, or 5.57 percent, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 275 points and the Nasdaq shed nearly 70.

Kingston will launch a “Buy One, Get One Free” promotion on November 1 for customers who purchase a 256MB memory module for their Power Mac G4 (part number: KTA-G4133/256), according to MacNN.

In an effort to spur sales and differentiate itself from the competition, Gateway today announced a new focus on LCD displays that includes several new computer bundles that include the flat-panel displays. At the lowest end, the US$999 300SP features a 1GHz Intel Celeron, 128MB of RAM, 20GB hard drive, CD-RW, and 15-inch flat panel display. Apple has long been rumored to be working on an LCD iMac, although the company has never alluded to any such product.

MacWarehouse has updated its Hot Deals page on Apple with several new specially priced bundles.

Feral Interactive has released a demo of Championship Manager 01/02, its popular soccer management simulation. The game is compatible with both OS 8/9 and Mac OS X. In addition, The Omni Group has released a “sneaky peek” Cocoa version of Oni, the third-person 3D action game developed by Bungie Studios. The test Cocoa version requires a full version of Oni as well as Mac OS X 10.1.